Michael Moore to join Springsteen, Gates, at Toronto Film Festival

Bill Gates, Bruce Springsteen, 100 Films Added to Toronto
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Bill Gates, Bruce Springsteen, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Michael Moore are among the guests who will engage in onstage discussions at the Toronto International Film Festival, the festival announced on Tuesday.

TIFF also announced more than 100 additions to its film lineup, including new films from directors Tom Tykwer, Hong Sangsoo, Vincent Gallo, Gregg Araki, Gareth Edwards, Catherine Breillat, Ken Loach and Jerzy Skolimowski.

The announcements included new films in TIFF’s Visions and Vanguard programs, 27 debuts in its Discovery series, ten films in the festival’s Masters program, and 45 new titles in its Contemporary World Cinema program.

The Mavericks program of onstage discussions will feature directors Apichatpong Weerasethakul (“Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives”), Kelly Reichardt (“Meek’s Cutoff”) and Ken Loach and Paul Laverty (“Route Irish”) in conversation with Michael Moore; a panel on education with Bill Gates, Geoffrey Canada, “Waiting for ‘Superman’” director and producer Davis Guggenheim and Lesley Chilcott; a conversation with actor/director Philip Seymour Hoffman (“Jack Goes Boating,” pictured); professional basketball player Steve Nash, presenting his directorial debut with the documentary “Into the Wind”; and Bruce Springsteen, who will be interviewed about the new documentary “The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town” by actor Edward Norton.